Zarif Tells Trump “He Will Learn Iranians Never Submit To Pressure”

By Staff, Agencies

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US President Donald Trump is grasping "at every straw" to portray his failed policies on Tehran as a success, stressing that Iranians will never bow to pressure.

"Only thing proven is that he rejoices over the misery that he thinks he has imposed on ordinary Iranians. Like his predecessors, he will learn that Iranians never submit to pressure," Zarif said in a post on his Twitter account on Sunday.

Trump has been pursuing a “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, using economic sanctions to choke the country’s income sources.

Earlier in May last year, Trump withdrew his country from the multilateral Iran nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA], and decided to re-impose unilateral sanctions against Tehran.

In November, the Trump administration announced the re-imposition of the “toughest” sanctions ever against Iran's banking and energy sectors with the aim of cutting off the country's oil sales and crucial exports.

A first round of American sanctions took effect in August, targeting Iran's access to the US dollar, metals trading, coal, industrial software, and auto sector.